In his article "VB.NET Raises Hackles", Russel Jones is so full of Microsoft
propagandistic crap that it makes me want to vomit. It is amazing how the
power-hungry, paranoid crooks in Redmond can entice such mindless idiots
like this to pontificate such absolute nonsense. .NET does nothing to advance
our technology. It is purely another Microsoft ploy to maintain their strangle-hold
on the PC and software industry. This guy is just a puppet who hasn't a
clue as to how his own thought process has been infested and controlled.

08-27-2001, 01:51 PM

Russell Jones

Re: Brain Washing

So, Danny, how much experience do you have with .NET? Got anything original
to back up your rant, or are you just trolling?

"Danny Bowman" <danbo@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3b89c869$1@news.devx.com...
>
> In his article "VB.NET Raises Hackles", Russel Jones is so full of
Microsoft
> propagandistic crap that it makes me want to vomit. It is amazing how the
> power-hungry, paranoid crooks in Redmond can entice such mindless idiots
> like this to pontificate such absolute nonsense. .NET does nothing to
advance
> our technology. It is purely another Microsoft ploy to maintain their
strangle-hold
> on the PC and software industry. This guy is just a puppet who hasn't a
> clue as to how his own thought process has been infested and controlled.
>
>

08-27-2001, 02:17 PM

Rob Teixeira

Re: Brain Washing

Looks like MM found his first disciple.
My bet is on Troll...

-Rob

"Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote:
>So, Danny, how much experience do you have with .NET? Got anything original
>to back up your rant, or are you just trolling?
>
>"Danny Bowman" <danbo@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:3b89c869$1@news.devx.com...
>>
>> In his article "VB.NET Raises Hackles", Russel Jones is so full of
>Microsoft
>> propagandistic crap that it makes me want to vomit. It is amazing how
the
>> power-hungry, paranoid crooks in Redmond can entice such mindless idiots
>> like this to pontificate such absolute nonsense. .NET does nothing to
>advance
>> our technology. It is purely another Microsoft ploy to maintain their
>strangle-hold
>> on the PC and software industry. This guy is just a puppet who hasn't
a
>> clue as to how his own thought process has been infested and controlled.
>>
>>
>
>

08-27-2001, 03:01 PM

Thomas J. Theobald \(Borland\)

Re: Brain Washing

Hmm. While it is probably safe to say that MS wishes to maintain and expand
its market share and revenue stream (and what company wouldn't?), I think it
is equally safe to say there are some significant technology stories to be
found in the .Net framework. To lambaste it as a technical non-issue is not
only wrong, it is pretty telling that you haven't given it a lot of your
bandwidth for evaluation.

Later -

T

08-28-2001, 02:00 AM

Joe \Nuke Me Xemu\ Foster

Re: Brain Washing

"Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote in message <news:3b8a880c$1@news.devx.com>...
> So, Danny, how much experience do you have with .NET? Got anything original
> to back up your rant, or are you just trolling?

That's right Danno, shut up and drink your koolaid, and you too can meet
the aliens. If you don't see the inherent superiority of .NET, you simply
haven't opened your Third Eye by bashing your head against the Migration
Lizard as you rewrite^Wport your existing code, which really ought to be
redesigned from scratch anyway, and unlearn everything you already know
about component programming. It's like yogic levitation -- if you can't
do it, you simply must not be trying hard enough...

"Take our FREE personality test!"

--
Joe Foster <mailto:jlfoster%40znet.com> L. Ron Dullard <http://www.xenu.net/>
WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to
because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha!

08-28-2001, 07:25 PM

John Butler

Re: Brain Washing

Can we have a link to the article, so we can judge for ourselves, or is it
in a mag??

rgds
John Butler

"Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote in message
news:3b8a880c$1@news.devx.com...
> So, Danny, how much experience do you have with .NET? Got anything
original
> to back up your rant, or are you just trolling?
>
> "Danny Bowman" <danbo@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:3b89c869$1@news.devx.com...
> >
> > In his article "VB.NET Raises Hackles", Russel Jones is so full of
> Microsoft
> > propagandistic crap that it makes me want to vomit. It is amazing how
the
> > power-hungry, paranoid crooks in Redmond can entice such mindless idiots
> > like this to pontificate such absolute nonsense. .NET does nothing to
> advance
> > our technology. It is purely another Microsoft ploy to maintain their
> strangle-hold
> > on the PC and software industry. This guy is just a puppet who hasn't a
> > clue as to how his own thought process has been infested and controlled.
> >
> >
>
>

"John Butler" <jrbutler@nospambtclick.com> wrote:
>Can we have a link to the article, so we can judge for ourselves, or is
it
>in a mag??
>
>rgds
>John Butler
>
>
>"Russell Jones" <arj1@northstate.net> wrote in message
>news:3b8a880c$1@news.devx.com...
>> So, Danny, how much experience do you have with .NET? Got anything
>original
>> to back up your rant, or are you just trolling?
>>
>> "Danny Bowman" <danbo@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:3b89c869$1@news.devx.com...
>> >
>> > In his article "VB.NET Raises Hackles", Russel Jones is so full of
>> Microsoft
>> > propagandistic crap that it makes me want to vomit. It is amazing how
>the
>> > power-hungry, paranoid crooks in Redmond can entice such mindless idiots
>> > like this to pontificate such absolute nonsense. .NET does nothing
to
>> advance
>> > our technology. It is purely another Microsoft ploy to maintain their
>> strangle-hold
>> > on the PC and software industry. This guy is just a puppet who hasn't
a
>> > clue as to how his own thought process has been infested and controlled.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

08-28-2001, 09:52 PM

Dan Barclay

Re: Brain Washing

Hi Thomas,

FWIW, this article is not on the "dotnet framework" but on the issues
regarding VB changes, which Mr Jones clearly illustrates he knows
nothing about.

He even goes into defending the changes as necessary to the
implementation of .net (which even MS denies).

Nope, this article has been discussed in some detail before and it's
quite clearly off target (read: full of it).

There *are* some significant technology stories to be found. This
ain't one of them. By a *long* shot. I'd have been embarrassed to
publish it.

Dan

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:01:56 -0700, "Thomas J. Theobald \(Borland\)"
<ttheobald@@borland.com> wrote:
>Hmm. While it is probably safe to say that MS wishes to maintain and expand
>its market share and revenue stream (and what company wouldn't?), I think it
>is equally safe to say there are some significant technology stories to be
>found in the .Net framework. To lambaste it as a technical non-issue is not
>only wrong, it is pretty telling that you haven't given it a lot of your
>bandwidth for evaluation.

>
>Later -
>
> T
>

Language Stability is a *feature* I wish VB had!
(#6)

08-28-2001, 10:35 PM

Dan Barclay

Re: Brain Washing

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:37:15 -0500, "L.J. Johnson"
<LJJohnson@SlightlyTiltedSoftware.com> wrote:
>Dan,
>
>> Nope, this article has been discussed in some detail before and it's
>> quite clearly off target (read: full of it).
>
>Why don't you tell us what you *really* think <g>.

Actually, because I don't have time. Here it is sneaking up on 10pm
and I have a 5 hr drive to Austin tonight. (airplane in the shop)
>BTW, I agree totally.

Kinda hard not to, ain't it.

Dan
Language Stability is a *feature* I wish VB had!
(#6)

08-28-2001, 10:37 PM

L.J. Johnson

Re: Brain Washing

Dan,
> Nope, this article has been discussed in some detail before and it's
> quite clearly off target (read: full of it).

Dan Barclay <Dan@MVPs.org> wrote:
>
>He even goes into defending the changes as necessary to the
>implementation of .net (which even MS denies).

That's a total lie and you know it. We've gone over this time and time again
and each time we've proven you wrong. I'm not going to waste my time by explaining
it to you again because you can easily search this newsgroup's archives if
you really wanted to know. This post is meant, more or less, for any newbies
who stumble across this newsgroup and mistakenly think you know what you're
talking about.

/Pat

BTW, I can't help but notice how ironic it is for you to post to a thread
called 'brain washing' considering all the misinformation you've been trying
to spread over the past year or so. It's no shame that you haven't been able
to win many converts. Remember that the future of computing will move forward
with or without you.

08-29-2001, 08:06 PM

Patrick Troughton

Re: Brain Washing

"Patrick Troughton" <Patrick@Troughton.com> wrote:
>
>This post is meant, more or less, for any newbies
>who stumble across this newsgroup and mistakenly think you know what you're
>talking about.

To that end, if you're new to .NET and want to know the real truth, go out
and get yourself the .NET Beta. Decide for yourself, as I did.

/Pat

08-29-2001, 09:55 PM

L.J. Johnson

Re: Brain Washing

Patrick,
> and each time we've proven you wrong. I'm not going to waste my time by
explaining
> it to you again because you can easily search this newsgroup's archives if
> you really wanted to know. This post is meant, more or less, for any
newbies
> who stumble across this newsgroup and mistakenly think you know what
you're
> talking about.

And this post is for those newbies who might think *you* actually know what
you are talking about...